Gilt Gallery

Illuminated calendar for August 1846

Calendar for August with figures of Joel and St. Bartholomew, quote from Thessalonians, disciples, woman with wheat, birds, foliage and castles. From an illuminated Book of Hours of the Duke the Anjou., 1380. Chromolithograph in colors and gilt from Henry Noel Humphreys The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846, Longmon, London, 1846

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King Louis XIV-style wall hanging

King Louis XIV-style wall hanging. Satin valance, silk curtains, window with armchair. Planche 14. Croisee Louis XIV. Cantonniere satin, contre-fond velours, applications soie vieil or et argent. Rideau de desssous petite soie. Tenture murale satin laine et soie fantaisie. Chromolithograph by Henry Sicard et A. Farradesche after an illustration by Ernest Foussier from his Nouveaux Mod??les de Tentures, Decorations de FenǦtres, New Models of Wall Hangings, Window Decorations, E. Thezard Fils, Librairie Speciale d'Architecture, Dourdan, France, 1900. Foussier (1859-1917) was a French architect and interior decorator who worked in Paris

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Sword hilt and gilt hunting pipes, Germany, 16th century

Sword hilt in iron decorated with silver A, and gilt hunting pipes decorated with sapphires B and a crocodile C. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Alteneck's Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889. Illustration by Dr. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck, lithographed by C. Regnier. Dr. Hefner-Alteneck (1811-1903) was a German museum curator, archaeologist, art historian, illustrator and etcher. Date:

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